Ducati laid out its 3rd quarter report Friday and the news wasn't good. Sales were up 31 percent but losses grew to $15.3 million dollars for the quarter. Chief Executive Federico Minoli blamed the poor performance on "unfavorable mix -- more goods being sold at lower prices -- and a delay in production of its Sport Classic bike. He said Ducati hoped to ship 3,500 pre-sold … [Read more...]

We received additional information today from Federico Cioni, President of Motoczysz, clarifying information in our recent post about developments there. It turns out the 600cc engine is being developed for a new, additional project and the 990cc C1 is still very much alive. You can read his comments at the end of the Motoczysz article here. … [Read more...]

Confederate Motorcycles has announced on their website that production for the '06 Hellcat will resume on February 1st, 2006 and production for the '06 Wraith will begin on April 2nd, 2006. There is a photo of the New Orleans factory on their home page which shows what they have had to deal with. It wasn't the flood that did the damage but the wind caused the building to … [Read more...]

A few months ago we mentioned two motorcycle industry job web sites, Motorcycle Industry Jobs and My Motorcycle Jobs. A comment on that post points out another site, Cycle Careers. I had never heard of it, so I stopped over. The reader who left the comment seemed satisfied with results there and they seem to have all of the normal areas to post a job or a resume so if you are … [Read more...]